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Wangjing (Beijing)

Wangjing subdistrict (Chinese: 望京街道; pinyin: Wàngjīng Jiēdào) is a subdistrict office in Chaoyang district, Beijing. It borders Donghu Subdistrict to the north, Laiguangying Area and Datun Subdistrict to the west, Jiangtai area and Jiuxianqiao Subdistrict to the east, and Taiyanggong area to the south.

Wangjing is a self-contained and multifunctional urban area that was newly developed in the northeast of central Beijing. It is under the jurisdiction of the Chaoyang District of Beijing, and in 2020 it has a population of 146,220. In recent years, Wangjing is developing into a residential area with a diverse population, an area of new companies, and an area that gathers corporate headquarter. TOP500 companies, international businesses, as well as scientific research industries are building their offices in Wangjing.

Wangjing has been the name for the area for at least nearly a thousand years of history. There are many provenances of how Wangjing was named that can be found in classical books and folklore.

One common resource is that Shen Kuo (1031–1095 AD), a scientist during the Northern Song dynasty, mentioned Wangjing in his book Dream Pool Essays. He depicts that "there is a Wangjing Dun in the northeast of Beijing City."

Another widely agreed reference is that the Qing emperor Qianlong passed through Wangjing and saw the Dongzhihmen when he looked in the direction of the Beijing City. Qianlong was very happy and named this location Wangjing, which means looking out to Beijing City. As the result, two villages in this area accepted the name Dawangjing Village and Xiaowangjing Village.

Since the mid-1980s, most of the villages clusters on the west side of the Dawangjing Village and Xiaowangjing Village, such as Nanhu, Donghu, Houzhuang, and Xibanfang, have been transformed into residential areas such as the Huajiadi neighborhood and Wangjing New Town neighborhood. These residential areas established the spatial pattern of today's Wangjing. In 1997, the developer invited 200 Koreans to live in the Wangjing New Town neighborhood when the first phase of Wangjing New Town was ready to move in.

In 2000, the Small Wangjing Village, located in the core of the planned area, began to transform into high-end office buildings, shopping malls, and residential buildings. In 2004, some of the TOP500 companies (Motorola, Nortel Networks, and Siemens) announced to set up headquarters in Wangjing. In 2007 and 2008, the 123-meter-high Siemens Building and the 140-meter-high Fangheng International Center were completed successively, setting a new height record for the buildings in Wangjing.

In April 2009, the Dawangjing Village officially launched the old village reconstruction project. In December 2009, the Detailed Regulatory Planning of the Dawangjing Business District was approved by Beijing Municipal Government. In 2011, the Dawangjing Business District was listed as one of the ten key development bases of Chaoyang District during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. Then it was named Dawangjing Science and Technology Business Innovation Zone.

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